FCA Corp TX Buys Shares of 2,000 CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF)

FCA Corp TX bought a new stake in shares of CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund bought 2,000 shares of the basic materials company’s stock, valued at approximately $171,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Stevens Capital Management LP bought a new stake in CF Industries during the 4th quarter valued at $535,000. KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS bought a new stake in CF Industries during the 4th quarter valued at $6,368,000. AXQ Capital LP bought a new position in shares of CF Industries in the 4th quarter worth $662,000. Sei Investments Co. raised its position in shares of CF Industries by 4.9% in the 4th quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 1,460,993 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $124,652,000 after acquiring an additional 68,164 shares in the last quarter. Finally, American Century Companies Inc. raised its position in shares of CF Industries by 8.0% in the 4th quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 327,654 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $27,955,000 after acquiring an additional 24,135 shares in the last quarter. 93.06% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at CF Industries

In other news, EVP Susan L. Menzel sold 1,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $95.00, for a total value of $142,500.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president now owns 93,986 shares in the company, valued at $8,928,670. This represents a 1.57 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, VP Ashraf K. Malik sold 8,889 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $95.00, for a total value of $844,455.00. Following the transaction, the vice president now owns 15,871 shares in the company, valued at $1,507,745. This represents a 35.90 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 11,889 shares of company stock worth $1,130,955 over the last quarter. 0.42% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts have recently commented on the company. Barclays reduced their price target on CF Industries from $100.00 to $95.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, March 5th. Oppenheimer reduced their price target on CF Industries from $114.00 to $111.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, January 28th. Scotiabank reduced their target price on CF Industries from $88.00 to $81.00 and set a “sector underperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, February 24th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered CF Industries from a “neutral” rating to an “underweight” rating and reduced their target price for the company from $82.00 to $75.00 in a research report on Friday, January 24th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada reduced their target price on CF Industries from $100.00 to $90.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, February 25th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have assigned a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, CF Industries has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $89.86.

CF Industries Stock Down 0.0 %

CF Industries stock opened at $76.88 on Friday. CF Industries Holdings, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $69.13 and a fifty-two week high of $98.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.39, a quick ratio of 2.52 and a current ratio of 3.08. The company has a market cap of $13.03 billion, a PE ratio of 11.36, a PEG ratio of 0.37 and a beta of 0.99. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $84.43 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $85.15.

CF Industries (NYSE:CF) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February 19th. The basic materials company reported $1.89 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.49 by $0.40. CF Industries had a return on equity of 15.50% and a net margin of 20.52%. The firm had revenue of $1.52 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.50 billion. Equities analysts anticipate that CF Industries Holdings, Inc. will post 5.83 EPS for the current year.

CF Industries Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 14th were paid a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 14th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.60%. CF Industries’s payout ratio is 29.54%.

CF Industries Profile

CF Industries Holdings, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of hydrogen and nitrogen products for energy, fertilizer, emissions abatement, and other industrial activities in North America, Europe, and internationally. It operates through Ammonia, Granular Urea, UAN, AN, and Other segments.